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Inflation eases to 4.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... like automotive fuel, fruit and vegetables, and holiday travel. It can be helpful to exclude these items from the headline CPI to provide a view of underlying inflation," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said. "When excluding these volatile ...

Inflation still too sticky: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... while the consumer price index (CPI) is well above the RBA's target, underlying inflation pressure remains evident. "Headline CPI in the third quarter of the year lifted 1.2%, in line with our forecast, but a tick above consensus, and a re-acceleration ...

Inflation rises to 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... travel," explained ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt. "It can be helpful to exclude these items from the headline CPI to provide a view of underlying inflation. When excluding these volatile items from the monthly CPI indicator, the annual ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... generally remained elevated. Marquardt added it can be helpful to exclude items with volatile price changes from the headline CPI to provide a view of underlying inflation. "When excluding these volatile items, the annual movement of the monthly CPI ...

US CPI inflation rate stays stubbornly high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... at 5% year on year. NAB economist Taylor Nugent said the US CPI showed welcome, but not overwhelming, progress. "Headline CPI rose less than expected, up 0.1% month on month, and 5.0% year on year, down from 6.0%," Nugent said. However, core inflation ...

Inflation expected to have peaked: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has forecast that headline CPI (7.8%) is expected to be the peak in this economic cycle. In a monetary policy statement, the RBA said CPI is still high, affecting a range of goods and services. Global factors such ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... Barclays said. Headline inflation also continued to rise, up 0.2% in July to 2.7% year on year. The upward pressure on headline CPI being driven by ongoing increases in food costs (led by pork prices). While China's CPI inflation is lower than levels ...

US inflation drops to 8.5%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... obvious, saying inflation remains uncomfortably high. "Looking ahead, recent developments in energy prices suggest that headline CPI inflation will remain on a gentle downward trend in August. However, while headline inflation might have peaked in June ...

Relax rate expectations: Franklin Templeton

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... coming months and quarters. "The difficulty is central banks must respond to the here and now, and Australia's annual headline CPI of 5.1% cannot be dismissed easily," he said. "The monetary action being taken right now will manifest itself in significantly ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... quarterly Consumer Price Index release, despite a tight labour market. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham expects headline CPI inflation to increase to 3.1% year on year in Q4 2021. He observes that both demand and supply side factors should continue ...
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